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Strengthening Food Systems Governance at the Local Level

Strengthening Food Systems Governance at the Local Level

Strengthening Food Systems Governance at the Local Level

Australian Local Food System Policy Database

Welcome to the Australian Local Food System Policy Database. This is a collection of policies from New South Wales (NSW) and Victorian local governments that relate to healthy, sustainable, and equitable food systems.

For further information about using the database and how it was created see How to use the database. You can search the database by using the fields below. Domain refers to eight broad categories under which various topics are situated. The domains and topics are based on a framework of recommendations for local government action on creating a healthy, sustainable, and equitable food system (also located on the โ€˜How to use the databaseโ€™ page linked above).

To cite the database: Reeve B, Carrad A, Rose N, Charlton K & Aguirre-Bielschowsky I (2021) Australian Local Food System Policy Database. Available at: https://law-food-systems.sydney.edu.au/policy-database (access date).

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Document titleRelevant text in the policyDomainTopicStateLocal Government nameCouncil type
Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan 2017-2021 1.2 Support and promote initiatives that encourage water as the drink of choice. Health and Wellbeing Education/events on food system issues Victoria Hepburn Regional
MUNICIPAL PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING PLAN 2017-2021 โ€šร„ยข Develop and support partnerships to address the causes of food insecurity with focus on access to healthy food, education around healthy eating and support for local producers Economic Development Local food producers Victoria Latrobe Regional
Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan 2017-2021 P25 โ€“ Strategies 2.5 โ€“ Undertake risk based food safety assessments to reduce risk of food borne illness. What we aim to achieve: Reduce the reduce risk of food borne illness throughout the municipality. Measures: total number of food borne illnesses investigated within the municipality. Food Quality and Safety Education on/enforce food safety regulations Victoria Hepburn Regional
Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan 2017-2021 P9 โ€“ Council also has a key role in maintaining a safe and healthy community through the regulatory functions that oversee the management ofโ€ฆa safe food supply. Food Quality and Safety Education on/enforce food safety regulations Victoria Hepburn Regional
Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan 2017-2021. 1.1. Support all residents to make healthier food and drink choices Health and Wellbeing Education/events on food system issues Victoria Casey Metropolitan
Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan 2018-2021 1. Health and Wellbeing Healthy/sustainable LG food procurement policies Victoria Indigo Regional
Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan 2018-2021 Eating Health and Wellbeing Healthy/sustainable LG food procurement policies Victoria Indigo Regional
Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan 2018-2021 ๎€ฏ๎…ถ๎„๎†Œ๎„ž๎„‚๎†๎„ž ๎…š๎„ž๎„‚๎…ฏ๎†š๎…š๎‡‡ ๎„จ๎…ฝ๎…ฝ๎„š ๎„‚๎…ถ๎„š ๎„š๎†Œ๎…๎…ถ๎…ฌ ๎…ฝ๎†‰๎†Ÿ๎…ฝ๎…ถ๎† ๎„‚๎†š ๎…ฝ๎†ต๎†Œ ๎†‰๎…ฝ๎…ฝ๎…ฏ๎† Health and Wellbeing Healthy/sustainable LG food procurement policies Victoria Indigo Regional
Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan 2018-2021 2. Health and Wellbeing Education/events on food system issues Victoria Indigo Regional
Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan 2018-2021 Eating Health and Wellbeing Education/events on food system issues Victoria Indigo Regional
Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan 2018-2021 2. Health and Wellbeing Partner with sport clubs to provide healthy choices Victoria Indigo Regional
Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan 2018-2021 ๎ฒ๎ด๎˜๎ญ๎น ๎…ฝ๎„จ ๎…๎…ถ๎„จ๎„‚๎…ถ๎†š๎† ๎„‚๎†Œ๎„ž ๎„จ๎†ต๎…ฏ๎…ฏ๎‡‡ ๎„๎†Œ๎„ž๎„‚๎†๎†ž๎„ž๎„š ๎„‚๎†š ๎ฏ ๎…ต๎…ฝ๎…ถ๎†š๎…š๎†๎• ๎…š๎…๎…๎…š๎„ž๎†Œ ๎†š๎…š๎„‚๎…ถ ๎†š๎…š๎„ž ๎†๎†š๎„‚๎†š๎„ž ๎…ต๎„ž๎„‚๎†๎†ต๎†Œ๎„ž ๎…ฝ๎„จ ๎ฑ๎ญ๎˜๎ด๎น๎• ๎€ฏ๎…ถ๎„š๎…๎…๎…ฝ ranks at 2 of the 79 LGAs in the state Health and Wellbeing Breastfeeding Victoria Indigo Regional
Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan 2018-2021 1. Health and Wellbeing Access to safe drinking water Victoria Indigo Regional
Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan 2018-2021 Page Economic Development Local food initiatives for economic development Victoria Indigo Regional
Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan 2018-2021 ๎€ฏ๎…ถ๎„๎†Œ๎„ž๎„‚๎†๎„ž ๎„๎†ต๎„๎„๎…ฏ๎„ž๎†Œ๎† ๎„‚๎…ถ๎„š ๎‡๎„‚๎†š๎„ž๎†Œ ๎„๎…ฝ๎†ฉ๎…ฏ๎„ž ๎†Œ๎„ž๎„ฎ๎…ฏ๎…ฏ ๎†๎†š๎„‚๎†Ÿ๎…ฝ๎…ถ๎† Health and Wellbeing Access to safe drinking water Victoria Indigo Regional
Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan 2018-2021 Page Economic Development Public food markets and distributors Victoria Indigo Regional
Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan 2018-2021 Eating Health and Wellbeing Accessible healthy food retail Victoria Indigo Regional
Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan 2018-2021 ๎ž๎†š๎†Œ๎„‚๎†š๎„ž๎…๎…๎„ ๎…๎…ฝ๎„‚๎…ฏ๎— ๎€’๎…ฝ๎†ต๎…ถ๎„๎…๎…ฏ ๎‡๎…๎…ฏ๎…ฏ ๎‡๎…ฝ๎†Œ๎…ฌ ๎†š๎…ฝ ๎…๎…ต๎†‰๎†Œ๎…ฝ๎‡€๎„ž ๎†š๎…š๎„ž ๎†๎†ต๎†‰๎†‰๎…ฏ๎‡‡ ๎…ฝ๎„จ ๎„‚๎…ถ๎„š ๎„‚๎„๎„๎„ž๎†๎† ๎†š๎…ฝ ๎„‚ ๎‡€๎„‚๎†Œ๎…๎„ž๎†š๎‡‡ ๎…ฝ๎„จ ๎„‚๎„ซ๎…ฝ๎†Œ๎„š๎„‚๎„๎…ฏ๎„ž๎• ๎„๎†ต๎…ฏ๎†š๎†ต๎†Œ๎„‚๎…ฏ๎…ฏ๎‡‡ ๎„‚๎†‰๎†‰๎†Œ๎…ฝ๎†‰๎†Œ๎…๎„‚๎†š๎„ž๎• ๎†๎„‚๎„จ๎„ž ๎„‚๎…ถ๎„š ๎…ถ๎†ต๎†š๎†Œ๎…๎†Ÿ๎…ฝ๎†ต๎† ๎„จ๎…ฝ๎…ฝ๎„š ๎…๎…ถ ๎†š๎…š๎„ž ๎„๎…ฝ๎…ต๎…ต๎†ต๎…ถ๎…๎†š๎‡‡ ๎„‚๎…ถ๎„š ๎…ต๎„‚๎…ฌ๎„ž ๎‡๎„‚๎†š๎„ž๎†Œ ๎†š๎…š๎„ž ๎„ž๎„‚๎†๎‡‡ ๎„๎…š๎…ฝ๎…๎„๎„ž Food Quality and Safety Education on/enforce food safety regulations Victoria Indigo Regional
MUNICIPAL PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING PLAN 2018โ€“2021 HEALTHY AND SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTS: โ€ข Adequate access to drinking water in public places and food safety and security; Health and Wellbeing Access to safe drinking water Victoria Greater Geelong Regional
MUNICIPAL PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING PLAN 2018โ€“2021 HEALTHY AND SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTS: โ€ข Adequate access to drinking water in public places and food safety and security; Food Quality and Safety Education on/enforce food safety regulations Victoria Greater Geelong Regional
MUNICIPAL PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING PLAN 2018โ€šร„รฌ2021 Implementing the Agribusiness Plan to lead to investment, jobs and more sustainable ways to build on opportunities in this sector. Economic Development Food related job creation Victoria Greater Geelong Regional
MUNICIPAL PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING PLAN 2018โ€šร„รฌ2021 Implementing the Agribusiness Plan to lead to investment, jobs and more sustainable ways to build on opportunities in this sector. Economic Development Local food producers Victoria Greater Geelong Regional
Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan, Community is better informed about healthy eating options Health and Wellbeing Education/events on food system issues Victoria East Gippsland Regional
Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan, Some of the local changes we will be looking for: ยป Community has improved access to healthy eating options ยป In schools ยป In community organisations and sporting clubs ยป In public facilities such as hospitals ยป In workplaces ยป In local shops and markets Health and Wellbeing Partner with sport clubs to provide healthy choices Victoria East Gippsland Regional
Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan, ยป Proportion of infants exclusively breastfed to 3 months of age Health and Wellbeing Breastfeeding Victoria East Gippsland Regional
Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan, Some of the local changes we will be looking for: ยป Community has improved access to healthy eating options ยป In schools ยป In community organisations and sporting clubs ยป In public facilities such as hospitals ยป In workplaces ยป In local shops and markets Health and Wellbeing Encourage existing retailers/caterers to sell healthy, sustainable and affordable food Victoria East Gippsland Regional
Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan, Community has greater access to water in public places Health and Wellbeing Access to safe drinking water Victoria East Gippsland Regional
Municipal Recreation Strategy โˆ’ 5 Community Gardens Sustainability and Environment Food production on LG land Victoria Maribyrnong Metropolitan
Municipal Recreation Strategy Other recreation facilities include: 76 Recreation Reserves 5 Community Gardens Sustainability and Environment Food production on LG land Victoria Maribyrnong Metropolitan
Municipal Recreation Strategy โˆ’ 5 Community Gardens Sustainability and Environment Home and community gardening Victoria Maribyrnong Metropolitan